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C\u00e9sar\u00a0Cervantes is a Mexican art collector with an unconventional story and lifestyle. An\u00a0owner of a chain of taqueria<\/span>s with no formal education,\u00a0he started seriously collecting art 12 years ago. He enjoys most of his collection \u00a0in his home, an open-plan, modernist house located in the Pedregal de San Angel neighborhood of Mexico city. The house is not the high-design house you’d expect of an art\u00a0collector. (Take a virtual house tour at 01 Magazine<\/a>\u00a0and read their take on the experience below.)\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

We love Cervantes’ comfortable library with a seating area of outdoor furniture (Reitveld crate furniture<\/a>?) and the disparate collection of sagging shelves.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\"Cesar<\/a>
Anna Sulikowska\/Melinda Santillan<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

01 described the experience of walking<\/a> through the house as a wondrous blurring of everyday objects and art:<\/p>\n

Walking through the house, it can be hard to distinguish if something is part of his collection, a household item, or as I discover opening a dishwasher to find it full of sex toys (Claire Fontaine\u2019s \u201cDildo Washer\u201c) a mix of both. Certain items can be ambiguous, like the banana peel on the floor in the living room, it could be garbage, a prank waiting to happen or \u201cInstallation (Banana Peel)\u201c\u00a0by Adriana Lara (and yes it does have to be changed daily!). The playful chalk drawings on the driveway might be by a famous artist or in this case, C\u00e9sar\u2019s children L\u00e1zaro and Bruna. This is what makes this place fun. Seeing artwork outside the context of a gallery\/museum, co-existing amongst everyday objects and people creates a certain playfulness and uncertainty that results in a very different experience.<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

We really like the way Cervantes describes how he decides\u00a0what to acquire\u00a0for his collection.<\/span><\/p>\n

For me it\u2019s not about how much something is worth, it\u2019s just about loving it and wanting it around<\/strong>. I don\u2019t know where I read or heard this but its this saying that art should match your living room, and I agree with that, maybe not in the way that the colors match your sofa but that it needs to feel comfortable to you\u2026when its comfortable you are more motivated to learn and explore, to always keep being curious.<\/strong><\/span><\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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